diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84a8aef4..9332efed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   instead of the one least recently.
 * Starlight theme (the default theme) updated to [V4][starlight-v4]
 * Background transparency (alpha) is now disabled in fullscreened
-  windows ([#1416][1416]).
+  windows ([#1416][1416]) by default but can be enabled with `fullscreen_alpha`.
 * Foot server systemd units now use the standard
   graphical-session.target ([#1281][1281]).
 * If `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/foot-$WAYLAND_DISPLAY.sock` does not exist,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aeb2daa6..6a19db47 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ add_project_arguments(
   (get_option('b_pgo') == 'use'
     ? ['-DFOOT_PGO_ENABLED=1']
     : []) +
+  (get_option('fullscreen_alpha')
+    ? ['-DFOOT_FULLSCREEN_ALPHA_ENABLED=1']
+    : []) +
   cc.get_supported_arguments(
     ['-pedantic',
      '-fstrict-aliasing',
@@ -388,6 +391,7 @@ summary(
     'Documentation': scdoc.found(),
     'Themes': get_option('themes'),
     'IME': get_option('ime'),
+    'Fullscreen alpha': get_option('fullscreen_alpha'),
     'Grapheme clustering': utf8proc.found(),
     'Wayland: xdg-activation-v1': xdg_activation,
     'Wayland: fractional-scale-v1': fractional_scale,
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d16e23ae..153c5453 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ option('themes', type: 'boolean', value: true,
 option('ime', type: 'boolean', value: true,
        description: 'IME (Input Method Editor) support')

+option('fullscreen_alpha', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'Enables transparency on fullscreen windows')
+
 option('grapheme-clustering', type: 'feature',
        description: 'Enables grapheme clustering using libutf8proc. Requires fcft with harfbuzz support to be useful.')

diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 48957a0a..21f335eb 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -534,6 +534,13 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
         }

         else if (cell->attrs.bg_src == COLOR_DEFAULT) {
+#if defined(FOOT_FULLSCREEN_ALPHA_ENABLED) && FOOT_FULLSCREEN_ALPHA_ENABLED
+            /*
+             * Note: I don't care about the stupid ass wayland
+             * protocol I want transparent fullscreen windows.
+             */
+            alpha = term->colors.alpha;
+#else
             if (term->window->is_fullscreen) {
                 /*
                  * Note: disable transparency when fullscreened.
@@ -559,6 +566,7 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
             } else {
                 alpha = term->colors.alpha;
             }
+#endif
         }
     }

@@ -2163,7 +2171,7 @@ render_csd_button_maximize_maximized(
             { x_margin + shrink, y_margin + thick, thick, width - 2 * thick - shrink },
             { x_margin + width - thick - shrink, y_margin + thick, thick, width - 2 * thick - shrink },
             { x_margin + shrink, y_margin + width - thick - shrink, width - 2 * shrink, thick }});
-
+
     pixman_image_unref(src);

 }